Crowell says network neutrality may fade before potential veto comes up

Colin Crowell, formerly the senior counselor to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski, suggested President Obama may not face enormous political pressure to sign a bill halting network neutrality rules.

That's because Washington is likely to have turned its focus elsewhere before such a bill could hypothetically come before the president, he said. Crowell said during at panel at the State of the Net conference that in the coming months that the courts are likely to begin addressing the issue and "people will be looking over their shoulders at a December order." Issues such as intercarrier compensation, spectrum auctions and the deficit will be much more present in comparison, he said.